HYDERABAD / VIJAYAWADA: Vast swathes of southern India across Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka stared at dark days and huge industrial losses as the southern power grid creaked on Monday with workers at generating units shutting down thermal plants.
As blackouts worsened, protesters in the Seemandhra region, angry with the AP bifurcation plan, blocked highways and crippled movement of goods in the eastern-southern corridor across Odisha, West Bengal, TN and Karnataka. In Odisha, the blockade has already resulted in skyrocketing of prices of essential commodities.
The protests also threw train schedules off-track and forced scores of cancellations because there was no electricity or tracks were blocked by activists. And there was warning that situation would only worsen as Seemandhra electricity employees remained unrelenting.
Apprehending the crisis could lead to the collapse of the southern grid, power officials from Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Pondicherry sought the intervention of the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) which in turn directed AP officials to ensure that the crisis didn't spin out of control. The collapse of the southern grid will lead to a total blackout in the southern states.
News: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ts-shut-power-plants/articleshow/23666950.cms
As blackouts worsened, protesters in the Seemandhra region, angry with the AP bifurcation plan, blocked highways and crippled movement of goods in the eastern-southern corridor across Odisha, West Bengal, TN and Karnataka. In Odisha, the blockade has already resulted in skyrocketing of prices of essential commodities.
The protests also threw train schedules off-track and forced scores of cancellations because there was no electricity or tracks were blocked by activists. And there was warning that situation would only worsen as Seemandhra electricity employees remained unrelenting.
Apprehending the crisis could lead to the collapse of the southern grid, power officials from Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Pondicherry sought the intervention of the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) which in turn directed AP officials to ensure that the crisis didn't spin out of control. The collapse of the southern grid will lead to a total blackout in the southern states.
News: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ts-shut-power-plants/articleshow/23666950.cms
